"there were a lot of pot shots taken at Judaeo-Christian belief"--not really

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Topic - Promethius questions....MEGA SPOILERS. Don't look if you ain't seen it. - Enophile 15:15:32 06/16/12 (83)

Love it or hate it, it has generated more discussion than I've seen in a long time. - free.ranger 00:21:13 06/25/12 (3)

RE: Love it or hate it, it has generated more discussion than I've seen in a long time. - mpathus 10:18:37 06/27/12 (2)

Good acting, great CGI, and otherwise good to great production values - Mike K 17:45:18 06/28/12 (1)

Story line seemed... - mpathus 16:11:50 06/29/12 (0)

IMAX, if it's NOT the full wrap-around one (in other words, not the misleading ones installed in most - tinear 10:22:09 06/24/12 (4)

Partly disagree.... - Steve O 20:46:43 06/24/12 (3)

RE: Partly disagree....Mall IMAX 3D experience... - mpathus 10:40:28 06/27/12 (2)

Shuddering? - Steve O 16:22:03 06/27/12 (1)

RE: Shuddering? - mpathus 17:40:22 06/27/12 (0)

My greatest disappointment: underwear in the future. - tinear 08:43:17 06/23/12 (1)

Might have that design trend started with... - mpathus 17:14:38 06/23/12 (0)

Really hated this movie... - MaxwellP 05:44:10 06/23/12 (0)

Since this thread is still alive... - Steve O 18:37:47 06/22/12 (6)

I agree that it all comes back to the myth of Prometheus, but the critique misses the main point - Jazz Inmate 19:31:06 06/25/12 (2)

Nailed it again! ...I'm a subscriber from now on. ~t - mpathus 10:50:52 06/27/12 (1)

Thanks. I don't see a ton of movies but it's fun to talk about the ones I see NT - Jazz Inmate 07:41:34 07/02/12 (0)

Very interesting interpretation...(nt) - mkuller 21:02:54 06/24/12 (0)

Nice, but... - mpathus 17:01:21 06/23/12 (0)

Brilliant deconstruction, thanks. SPOILER: - tinear 08:31:18 06/23/12 (0)

I read all your spoilers now I'm going to see it. should i see 2D or 3D? NT - violinist3 03:52:17 06/19/12 (5)

DEFINITELY 3-D. NO question. Period. Absolutely. Positively. nt - tinear 09:35:16 06/22/12 (0)

IMAX 3D (if available) highly recommended... - mpathus 11:21:41 06/19/12 (0)

RE: I read all your spoilers now I'm going to see it. should i see 2D or 3D? NT - Steve O 05:50:51 06/19/12 (2)

Agree, it's a very 'gentle' 3D movie. * - Enophile 09:01:43 06/19/12 (0)

^ this. nt - Prisoners 06:24:10 06/19/12 (0)

Finally got around to seeing it. My take - Jazz Inmate 22:06:13 06/18/12 (7)

Faith contradicted by knowledge is false. Lies never are good. nt - tinear 14:40:53 06/22/12 (5)

faith is more about the unknowable, which de facto cannot intersect with empiricism NT - Jazz Inmate 22:13:12 06/22/12 (4)

Absolutely. It is unknowable, JI, so flee from those who create fictions as "religion." nt - tinear 08:35:52 06/23/12 (3)

Put a cork in it NT - Jazz Inmate 11:05:17 06/23/12 (2)

The white flag shows yet again. nt - tinear 10:25:04 06/24/12 (1)

No one has surrendered to you in your life, least of all me. Stick to the movie discussion NT - Jazz Inmate 19:03:17 06/24/12 (0)

Beautifully distilled. ~t - mpathus 11:08:50 06/19/12 (0)

Roger Ebert's take... - mkuller 19:33:57 06/18/12 (0)

there is a HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING HERE - mbnx01 11:10:21 06/18/12 (4)

Don't know what you saw but I thought I saw the DNA beginning to reassemble at the end of that sequence... - Steve O 12:05:49 06/18/12 (3)

That's right, DNA was re-formed... - mpathus 17:28:35 06/19/12 (0)

My RCB instincts saw it as a failure of us to be like them.... - mr grits 14:44:48 06/18/12 (0)

? - mbnx01 12:24:12 06/18/12 (0)

Last moment thought about wiping out Earth . . . - mr grits 11:56:44 06/17/12 (1)

RE: Last moment thought about wiping out Earth . . . - mpathus 21:50:25 06/17/12 (0)

"Backfill" time... - mpathus 22:42:59 06/16/12 (6)

RE: "Backfill" time... - mr grits 12:04:56 06/17/12 (0)

Nice, if not for the science of paleontology. nt - tinear 08:38:57 06/17/12 (4)

It's a movie....a mental masturbation...... - mr grits 12:06:16 06/17/12 (3)

Nice to know he's okay with ion drive, hyper sleep, and all the rest - Enophile 12:51:57 06/17/12 (2)

All of those are possible. Dismissing human history is not. nt - tinear 15:26:45 06/20/12 (0)

......and made in 1938. * - mr grits 14:45:42 06/17/12 (0)

Hint on #1-- the hovering space ship. - free.ranger 19:03:27 06/16/12 (3)

First time around I saw it as a near religious thing....... - mr grits 20:29:40 06/16/12 (0)

I thought the same thing on second viewing of that scene... - Steve O 19:08:52 06/16/12 (1)

The Prometheus website refers to him as a sacrificial. * - mr grits 20:18:19 06/16/12 (0)

Cutting room floor super MEGA spoiler . . . . - mr grits 18:32:24 06/16/12 (5)

Superior beings that dress like shit? nt - tinear 08:40:35 06/17/12 (1)

Maybe Tin Blackwell can regale us with some pseudo-objective best dressed aliens list. - Enophile 12:43:48 06/17/12 (0)

Looks like he had the same make up artist... - mpathus 21:22:43 06/16/12 (0)

OMG, where did that come from? - Steve O 18:40:47 06/16/12 (1)

From the Prometheus website . . . got there from Google Images. * - mr grits 20:17:18 06/16/12 (0)

Saw it again today and . . . . - mr grits 18:21:23 06/16/12 (3)

"... they can sure as hell keep score". No shit. - free.ranger 22:03:55 06/16/12 (0)

Good points . . . . - mpathus 21:40:48 06/16/12 (1)

Of course the squids purpose in life was to drop an egg then..... - mr grits 11:50:01 06/17/12 (0)

I got yer movie intell right down here . . . . - mr grits 18:08:19 06/16/12 (13)

RE: I got yer movie intell right down here . . . . - mkuller 12:27:43 06/17/12 (1)

Just had to put a little something in there for you haters. * - mr grits 18:27:39 06/17/12 (0)

Two comments re your Prometheus "theories" - Steve O 18:37:46 06/16/12 (10)

RE: Two comments re your Prometheus "theories" - mr grits 20:24:52 06/16/12 (6)

"there were a lot of pot shots taken at Judaeo-Christian belief"--not really - Jazz Inmate 06:39:02 06/19/12 (5)

Yes indeedy!! - mpathus 18:01:42 06/19/12 (4)

RE: Yes indeedy!! - Jazz Inmate 20:12:55 06/19/12 (3)

Shaw as Mary bearing Jesus and Jesus is a monster of incredible destructive force. - tinear 15:57:07 06/24/12 (1)

RE: Shaw as Mary bearing Jesus and Jesus is a monster of incredible destructive force. - mpathus 07:51:22 06/25/12 (0)

Humm... - mpathus 08:50:14 06/20/12 (0)

The sci fi genre always has holes. Nature of the beast. - free.ranger 18:53:49 06/16/12 (2)

Enter my world of infinite imaginative possibilities - violinist3 21:16:21 06/16/12 (0)

Just let another planet have a 100K head start on us and this could be true. - mr grits 20:33:34 06/16/12 (0)

The dude had histrionic personality syndrome. That's how they dealt with it. nt - free.ranger 18:00:43 06/16/12 (0)

The guy at the beginning is the average sucker that just shelled out the big 3-D - tinear 17:30:48 06/16/12 (5)

So...some aspects of human existance are beyond human comprehension? - Steve O 17:51:50 06/16/12 (4)

What aspects are? What comprehension? nt - tinear 08:47:17 06/17/12 (3)

It seems paying 9.50 to see a movie is beyond your comprehension. - Enophile 08:15:35 06/18/12 (2)

I paid senior rate $9.50 first time; $4 (non 3D) second; and today.... $12.50 IMAX 3D. - tinear 13:49:19 06/23/12 (0)

Paying $9.50 to see a movie is beyond MY comprehension... - mpathus 09:00:13 06/20/12 (0)

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"there were a lot of pot shots taken at Judaeo-Christian belief"--not really - Jazz Inmate 06:39:02 06/19/12 (5)

Yes indeedy!! - mpathus 18:01:42 06/19/12 (4)

RE: Yes indeedy!! - Jazz Inmate 20:12:55 06/19/12 (3)

Shaw as Mary bearing Jesus and Jesus is a monster of incredible destructive force. - tinear 15:57:07 06/24/12 (1)

RE: Shaw as Mary bearing Jesus and Jesus is a monster of incredible destructive force. - mpathus 07:51:22 06/25/12 (0)

Humm... - mpathus 08:50:14 06/20/12 (0)

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